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Bio-IT World February 18, 2004 |
Proteomics Goes Cellular Tissue microarrays save big on sample material and reagents. But more importantly, this new high-throughput technology is helping save the lives of cancer patients |
Chemistry World October 7, 2015 Christopher Barnard |
Microfluidic device lets the drop beat Scientists in Switzerland have incorporated pulsing human heart tissue into a microfluidic device to make a model of a living system that could be used to test new drugs. |
Bio-IT World June 15, 2003 Robert M. Frederickson |
Popular (Tissue) Culture Tissue microarrays are coming into their own as important histological screening tools. |
Chemistry World December 16, 2013 Michael Parkin |
1024 samples analysed on a single chip Researchers in Switzerland have developed a microfluidic platform able to measure four protein biomarkers in over 1000 blood samples on a single microfluidic chip. |
Chemistry World March 18, 2011 Elinor Richards |
The way to pain-free uterine disease detection A potential non-invasive method to detect endometriosis by acquiring a spectral signature of the uterus has been developed by scientists from the UK. |
Bio-IT World June 2006 Robert M. Frederickson |
Tissue Microarray Hard and Software Technological advances in automated microscopes, digital image acquisition, and high-throughput screening techniques have led to the need for more sophisticated software tools, now offered through a collaboration between DMetrix, BioImagene, IBM and the Arizona Cancer Center. |
Chemistry World December 11, 2013 Jennifer Newton |
'Google map' of a prostate UK researchers have used vibrational spectroscopy to chemically image the cross section of a prostate to such an incredible level of detail that each of the 66 million pixels in the image represents a piece of tissue only 5.5 A -- 5.5 m. |
Technology Research News June 29, 2005 Eric Smalley |
Cell combo yields blood vessels Researchers experiment with methods of getting blood vessels to grow in replacement organs before the tissue is placed in the body. |
Chemistry World November 10, 2011 Russell Johnson |
Heart-on-a-chip A heart-on-a-chip device could help detect drugs that limit heart tissue contraction, say US scientists. |
Bio-IT World March 17, 2004 |
Blood, Sweat, and Tissue Genomics Collaborative and Ardais take the lead in using IT to bring human tissue banking into the era of clinical genomics. |
Reactive Reports David Bradley |
Integrated Biochips A new microfluidic device that can perform sample preparation, polymerase chain reaction, and microarray detection functions on a single device has been developed by US researchers. |
Chemistry World October 10, 2006 Victoria Gill |
Pour-on Nanotechnology Stops Bleeding in Seconds Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a liquid that stops bleeding in any tissue in a matter of seconds. It is a discovery that they claim has the potential to revolutionize surgery and emergency medicine and could even make it easier to reattach severed limbs. |
Bio-IT World October 2005 Mark D. Uehling |
HistoRx Automates Pathology The company offers a platform called Aqua, which can perform automated, in situ analysis of protein expression levels on tissue microarrays in less than an hour. The company has promising projects in melanoma and breast cancer. |
Chemistry World July 28, 2011 Carol Stanier |
Spotlight on Polymerisation to Repair Damaged Faces To repair scarred facial tissue, US scientists have developed a minimally invasive repair method combining natural and synthetic materials to form a tissue scaffold to help the body heal itself. |
Chemistry World March 5, 2014 Jennifer Newton |
Microfluidic fuel cells on paper Instrument-free point-of-care diagnostic devices could be taken to the next level with the development of microfluidic fuel cells on paper. |
Technology Research News February 9, 2005 Eric Smalley |
Atomic scopes eye living tissue Researchers have used a scanning probe microscope to look at the structure of a butterfly's wing at a resolution of five nanometers -- just two and a half times the width of DNA molecule -- proving that it is possible to use these microscopes to analyze material from living systems. |
Chemistry World May 19, 2014 James Urquhart |
'Heavy' mouse helps out tissue engineers UK researchers have developed a tissue molecular mapping method that could help make lab-grown tissue much more like the real thing. |
Chemistry World February 10, 2011 Erica Wise |
Raman imaging gives new hope for cancer diagnosis Surface enhanced Raman scattering works by detecting spectroscopic signals of molecules such as cancer antibodies that are in close proximity to metals injected into tissue such as gold or silver nanoparticles. |
Chemistry World June 16, 2008 Richard Van Noorden |
Microfluidic artistry hits the rails South Korean researchers have developed a way to efficiently assemble microstructures from plastic parts - by sculpting them to fit to rails which then guide the parts along fluid-filled channels. |
Chemistry World August 4, 2011 Jennifer Newton |
Diagnosing Tumours in the Nasopharynx Without Surgery Detecting early-stage nasopharyngeal carcinomas via a non-invasive technique has been reported by scientists from Singapore. The method could improve the survival rates of patients, say the researchers. |
Popular Mechanics November 17, 2009 Elizabeth Svoboda |
Five Body Parts You May Be Able to Regrow Soon(ish) New hope for injured hearts, lungs, arms and legs as well as other body regeneration strategies. |
Chemistry World July 1, 2012 Mellisae Fellet |
3D printed sugar network to feed engineered organs US researchers can build vessels into a cell-containing gel -- the beginnings of a thick tissue. Scientists form the gel around a lattice of printed sugar fibers. The fibers dissolve after the gel sets, leaving a network of channels that carry nutrients like blood vessels. |
Chemistry World February 25, 2011 Elinor Richards |
Diagnosing diseases with CDs A digital compact disc integrated with a microfluidic device to analyse cells has been developed by scientists in the US. The disc can be inserted into a standard computer disc drive for analysis and could be used to diagnose diseases. |
Chemistry World June 7, 2007 Jessica Ebert |
Sensitive Sequencing Technique for Early Diagnosis A new technique, with sensitivity unmatched by current technologies, can detect changes in gene transcription that occur during the course of a disease, report US researchers. |
Chemistry World September 5, 2013 Emma Stoye |
Raman-based imaging takes guesswork out of brain surgery A new technique that color-codes cancerous and healthy brain cells according to their chemistry could help surgeons remove all traces of brain tumors while minimizing damage to sensitive tissues. |
Chemistry World July 11, 2006 Simon Hadlington |
Spin Doctors Find New Way to Make Skin Scaffold Researchers have developed a new type of polymer scaffold support for growing cultured human skin cells. The team showed that the mechanical and geometric properties of the scaffold are far more important than any specific chemical property. |
Chemistry World November 10, 2011 Francesca Burgoyne |
Micro fuel cells for microchips Researchers from Spain and Germany have designed the first microfluidic device with an integrated micro fuel cell that is capable of both powering the device and pumping the analyte around the device. |
Chemistry World December 20, 2010 Jennifer Newton |
Frozen assets in biobanks Scientists from Sweden have devised a technique that extracts both DNA and RNA from frozen tissue in a bid to improve large-scale extractions from samples stored in biobanks, which could aid cancer research. |